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...week when the parliament in Kyrgyzstan votes on whether or not to kick the U.S. out of the Manas airbase, which has played a key role in air support in Afghanistan. The U.N. just announced that 2,118 civilians died in fighting in Afghanistan in 2008, a 40 percent hike as the war grows ever more bloody. And, last week, the Taliban "welcomed" U.S. envoy Richard Holbrooke to Kabul by launching an audacious terror attack on three government buildings in the capital, leaving 26 people dead...
Desert Bloom. Not a snowbird? Try heading to Utah's Red Mountain Resort & Spa, where the "Signature Package" includes three meals per day, unlimited fitness and wellness classes and guided hikes for $199 per person per night, plus you can book a massage or facial for just $69. Forgo the classes and just enjoy the meals and the resort's pool and fitness center for just $169 per night. Through March 31. 1275 East Red Mountain Circle, Ivins, UT; 877-246-HIKE...
Although oil prices have fallen dramatically since July, oil traders are predicting a price hike later this year. Don't be too concerned: this is not always a reliable indicator of higher prices to come at the gas pump, but it certainly highlights a current inefficiency in the oil-futures market...
...kitty, while Sen. Jack Reed, a Rhode Island Democrat, and other Senators wanted to ante up another $50 million. This year, the House approved an SEC budget of $928 million, while the Senate approved $938 million, a 2% to 3% increase, which is greater than the 1% hike former chairman Christopher Cox requested from the 2008 budget of $906 million. The final budget, part of the government's "Continuing Resolutions," has yet to be approved...
...understand the scale of the challenge facing him as President Obama's envoy to promote U.S. interests in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke might consider the story of Amjad Islam. Islam, a schoolteacher in Matta, Pakistan, refused to comply when local Taliban leaders demanded that he hike up his trousers to expose his ankles in the manner of the Prophet Muhammad. The teacher knew Muslim teachings and had earned jihadist stripes fighting Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s. Their edict was wrong, Islam told the Taliban enforcers; no such thing had been demanded even by the Taliban regime...